Henry Toczylowski

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Henry Toczylowski
Personal information
Born:(1919-02-02)February 2, 1919
Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:October 10, 1982(1982-10-10) (aged 63)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Career information
College:Boston College
Position:Quarterback
NFL draft:1941 / Round: 9 / Pick: 78
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards

Henry M. "Hammering Hank" Toczylowski (February 2, 1919 – October 10, 1982) was an American football player and coach.

A graduate of Lynn Classical High School and St. John's Preparatory School he played college football at the quarterback position for the Boston College Eagles football team and was selected as a first-team player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[1][2] He played on the B.C. team that defeated Tennessee 19–14 in the 1941 Sugar Bowl. During the game, Toczylowski threw a crucial block that allowed Mickey Connolly to score a game-tying touchdown.[3]

Toczylowski was selected by the

Washington Redskins, but instead chose to become a geometry teacher and head football coach at Beverly High School.[7] In 1944 he moved on to Arlington High School, where he was head football and basketball coach.[8] Toczylowski's 1949 team won the Class A championship and received an invitation to the Sugar Bowl schoolboy classic.[9] He was succeeded as head football coach by Eddie Burns in 1955 but remained at AHS as a house dean and business teacher.[2][10]

Toczylowski was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.[11] He was also inducted into the High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. He died on October 10, 1982, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital following a stroke.[2]

References

  1. ^ "New York Sun Now Names All-Americans". Los Angeles Times. 1940-12-01.
  2. ^ a b c Coughlin, William P. (October 11, 1982). "Henry M. Toczylowski, teacher; quarterback on famed BC bowl teams". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ "Fake Pass Practiced Only Once". The Boston Daily Globe. January 2, 1941.
  4. ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. ^ "Toczylowski Signs as Coach". The New York Times. January 22, 1941.
  6. ^ Kaese, Harold (September 5, 1941). "Toz Dumfounds Skeptics; Keeps Word to Saugus". The Boston Daily Globe.
  7. ^ Dalton, Ernie (September 10, 1943). "Toczylowski Spurns Pro Offers for Beverly Berth". The Boston Daily Globe.
  8. ^ "Ostergren Quits; Cavalieri, Toczylowski Ponder Bids". The Boston Daily Globe. May 31, 1944.
  9. ^ "Arlington Eleven Gets Bid From New Orleans Bowl". The Boston Daily Globe. November 24, 1949.
  10. ^ Pave, Marvin (March 18, 1973). "Arlington's Burns... coach of year". The Boston Globe.
  11. ^ "Henry Toczylowski Bio". Boston College. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Toczylowski&oldid=1179646046"